Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.